Bob Motzko Quotations

We found our energy in the third period. Tonight, we needed our top line to score and we got that. We also got our power play back.

He was outstanding tonight, but I thought both goalies were.

I take it he has a little confidence again going back into the playoffs. Whatever people were writing about him, you can get a different pen out now.

Our guys just battle every night. They've battled so hard all year long...this is just a tremendous group to be around. This really turned out to be a game for the ages.

I thought he was pretty darn good tonight. We tested him.

Three glaring mistakes cost us the three goals. You're going to make mistakes in a hockey game. They made some, and we couldn't get by Elliott.

We all see one of those once a year, once every five years.

We weren't sharp tonight, but we did a lot of things well enough to find a way to win. You're not going to be sharp every night, and tonight was one of those nights that we weren't.

Emotionally our tank wasn't full yesterday. But we rebounded today with a lot of energy, a lot of jump and I thought we did a good job of shutting things down defensively. Bobby made a couple of saves when he had to and I thought we were strong throughout our whole lineup.

That (pass) was a great play. You guys have been following me with Hooton, and I just can't explain it. He just can't get points. I've never seen anything like it and I can't figure it out because he doesn't have a lot of flaws. He's got great hands, shoots well and competes his tail off, but he's just got a way of avoiding points.

It's frustrating because we were right there, and if we made the tournament I really think we could've done some damage.

It just turned out to be a game for the ages.

It's huge, just huge, and it's been our deal all year. When we get balanced scoring, well anyone's going to be a better team, but it's been the key for us finding more wins over the last couple months.

It was a different game for us tonight. We got a lead and scored three goals in the first period. I don't know when was the last time that happened.

They wore us down. They just wore us down physically. Our defensemen were just pooped at the end.

In the WCHA, if your power play's not going to score, you're not going to win.